Cider making in NE Scotland

[bparkes]

Hi there I see from the website there are no cider makers in Scotland but, i live in the north east of Scotland ,40 miles north of Inverness and this year I MADE CIDER!!!

There was a slight delay in waiting for the apples due to the weird climate this year but eventualy they came out and i set to work.
I had 5 buckets of apples from 1 big tree and 4 very small trees which i was a bit annoyed with at first because the numbers had dropped dramaticly from about 8-9 buckets to just 5!

Then i pressed them by hand and the 18 pints are now sitting in kilner jars under my Kitchen table!

Ben

[edouard dunnachie]

HELO THERE.THERE IS A COMMERCIAL CIDER MAKER AT AYTON OUTSIDE BREWICK ON TWEED.IT CALLS ITS PRODUCT PEELWALLS.I TRIED A BOTTLE BACK IN EARLY JAN.I COULD NOT SAY I WAS ENAMOURED WITH IT .HOWEVER I NOTICED LATER THAT THE BOTLE HAD BEST BEFORE DATE OF 6WKS PREVIOUS SO IT WOULD BE UNFAIR OF ME TO BAD MOUTH IT.I WILL SAY IT RESEMBLED A NORFOLK STYLE CIDER (MADE WITH A MIX OF COOKERS AND EATERS).I WILL GET ANOTHER ONE AGAIN BEFORE I CAN SAY YEA OR NAY.LAST YEAR A NEW GROUP CALLED THE CLDE VALLEY ORCHARD GROUP HAD A KIND OF APPLE DAY LOCALLY OUT SIDE LANARK.I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND BUT MY BROTHER WENT AND TOLD ME THEY AIMED TO TRY CIDER MAKING IN SEPT OF THIS YEAR.WE WAIT WITH TONGUES HANGING OUT.ANY WAS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.IF YOU CAN MAKE CIDER IN NORTH YORKS THEN IM SURE INVERNESS SHUOLD BE OK.TTFN